Dominican Republic

Official name:
the Dominican Republic
Name in native language:
Dominicana (la) /
Capital:
Santo Domingo
ISO country code
DO
Nat. statistical agency:
Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE)
Region:
the Caribbean

Census Results

1920-xx-xx : 894,665
1935-xx-xx : 1,479,417
1950-08-06 : 2,135,872
1960-08-07 : 3,047,070
1970-01-09 : 4,009,458
1981-12-12 : 5,545,741
1993-09-24 : 7,293,390
2002-10-18 : 8,562,541
2010-12-01 : 9,378,819

the Dominican Republic

Administrative units

region
provincia
capitalarea (sq.km.)population
1993-09-24
census
population
2002-10-18
census
population
2010-12-01
census
source: Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Dominican Republic.
note: 2010 population census data refers to preliminary results.
Región Ozama ó Metropolitana 1,390.982,193,0782,731,2943,294,385
Distrito NacionalSanto Domingo91.26911,002913,540935,058
Provincia Santo DomingoSanto Domingo Este1,299.721,282,0761,817,7542,359,327
Región Cibao Norte 5,453.591,174,6641,446,0471,511,632
Provincia EspaillatMoca839.34202,376225,091240,928
Provincia Puerto Plata(San Felipe de) Puerto Plata1,803.61261,485312,706328,195
Provincia SantiagoSantiago (de los Caballeros)2,810.64710,803908,250942,509
Región Cibao Sur 4,453.46657,205703,898692,422
Provincia La Vega(Concepción de) La Vega2,271.89344,721385,101379,372
Provincia Sánchez RamírezCotuí1,197.44163,166151,179143,224
Provincia Monseñor NouelBonao984.14149,318167,618169,826
Región Cibao Nordeste 4,124.63583,899607,763621,137
Provincia DuarteSan Francisco de Macorís1,640.58281,879283,805290,375
Provincia María Trinidad Sánchez(Trinidad Sánchez) Nagua1,211.87124,957135,727133,347
Provincia Hermanas MirabalSalcedo427.18101,81096,35690,863
Provincia Samaná(Santa Bárbara de) Samaná844.9975,25391,875106,552
Región Cibao Noroeste 4,851.02378,712390,982411,502
Provincia DajabónDajabón1,009.1268,60662,04658,954
Provincia Monte Cristi(San Fernando de) Monte Christi1,880.3495,705111,014141,534
Provincia Santiago Rodríguez(San Ignacio de) Sabaneta1,152.1162,14459,62951,844
Provincia ValverdeMao809.44152,257158,293159,170
Región Valdesia 5,562.40822,355973,9701,027,624
Provincia AzuaAzua (de Compostela)2,680.96199,684208,857222,175
Provincia PeraviaBaní785.08139,876169,865189,362
Provincia San CristóbalSan Cristóbal1,240.32420,820532,880557,270
Provincia San José de OcoaSan José de Ocoa856.0461,97562,36858,817
Región Enriquillo 6,669.73327,636342,759363,429
Provincia BaorucoNeiba1,247.40105,20691,48094,210
Provincia Barahona(Santa Cruz de) Barahona1,650.49164,835179,239186,239
Provincia IndependenciaJimaní1,729.4339,54150,83353,063
Provincia PedernalesPedernales2,042.4018,05421,20729,917
Región El Valle 4,756.93317,278304,984293,907
Provincia Elías PiñaComendador1,396.8964,64163,87961,743
Provincia San JuanSan Juan (de la Maguana)3,360.04252,637241,105232,164
Región Yuma 5,425.34379,005491,093597,625
Provincia El Seibo(Santa Cruz de) El Seibo1,767.0096,77089,26179,091
Provincia La Altagracia(Salvaleón de) Higüey3,002.26115,685182,020268,314
Provincia La RomanaLa Romana656.08166,550219,812250,220
Región Higuamo 5,186.91459,590569,751565,157
Provincia San Pedro de MacorísSan Pedro de Macorís1,256.98212,368301,744300,207
Provincia Monte PlataMonte Plata2,613.21167,148180,376181,423
Provincia Hato MayorHato Mayor (del Rey)1,316.7280,07487,63183,527
total 47,874.987,293,3908,562,5419,378,819

Main cities

namepopulation
1993-09-24
census
population
2002-10-18
census
population
2010
projection
latitude /
longitude
Santo Domingo911,002913,5401,111,83818.43/-69.87
Santo Domingo Este..787,129949,923 
Santiago364,859622,101747,576 
Santo Domingo Norte..368,842445,333 
Santo Domingo Oeste..280,912343,223 
San Cristóbal..220,767273,421 
La Vega..220,279270,950 
Los Alcarrizos..199,611245,345 
San Pedro de Macorís123,987217,141230,023 
Higüey..141,751206,632 
San Francisco de Macorís129,943156,267184,907 
Moca..131,733181,487 
Baní..107,926175,042 
Puerto Plata..146,882154,973 
La Romana132,834202,488150,499 
Bonao..115,743146,992 
Bajos de Haina..80,835141,050 
San Juan de la Maguana..129,224138,101 
Boca Chica..99,508120,135 
Azua..87,024101,218 
source: Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Dominican Republic.